5/19/2023 0 Comments Hw brands heirs of the foundersSouth Carolina's John Calhoun, with piercing eyes and an even more piercing intellect, defended the South and slavery. Henry Clay of Kentucky, as dashing as he was ambitious, embodied the hopes of the rising West. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War comes “a historical spellbinder” ( The Christian Science Monitor) about a trio of political giants in nineteenth-century America-and their battle to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy.
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